Mo Alie-Cox (Power Forward to TE) - Witten Mention

[Leadbelly]

Was watching college basketball and some Virginia Commonwealth highlights came on. This short, built power forward is just destroying dudes and people are bouncing off him and I thought, "That VCU guy is playing the wrong sport."

I look him up and it turns out Witten feels the same way. He gave a pre-game pep to VCU last year. From USA Today article in 2015...

Witten saved a personal message for forward Mo Alie-Cox, a chiseled, 6-foot-6 sophomore whose athleticism and leaping ability paints him as the last line of defense in VCU's havoc-causing defense.

"You've got a football body," Witten told Alie-Cox. "Not to mention huge hands," he added, stretching his own digits — hardened and calloused by a dozen seasons in the NFL — for a palm-to-palm comparison. "You could get an invite to an NFL training camp just based on how you look out of pads," Witten said.

"He told me I could make the transition to football," Alie-Cox said. "He said if it's something I wanted to do I should look into it."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ment-vcu-basketabll-mo-alie-cox-nfl/24990861/


He's only a junior so it's just someone to keep in the back of your brain 'til next year. Some other teams have also sniffed around. He's around 6-5/6-6 so NBA probably isn't an option. VCU doesn't have a football program.

 

[Leadbelly]

Some basketball highlights, fwiw...



Current Texas coach Shaka Smart was the VCU coach.

 

[sbark]

Yup always been my thought...cowboys should be bringing in a few every year as free agents

 

[Risen Star]

Did anybody know that Antonio Gates was originally a basketball player?

 

[KingintheNorth]

I'm finishing up my degree at Grand Canyon University and have been checking out some basketball games. They have a a 6 foot six 225-pound power forward named Keonta Vernon and every time I watch him play I think he should be playing football. He isn't as solid as Alie-Cox but he's aggressive as heck and very physical.

http://www.gculopes.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3179&path=mbball

I met him and found out he was a decent WR in high school.

 

[casmith07]

Was watching college basketball and some Virginia Commonwealth highlights came on. This short, built power forward is just destroying dudes and people are bouncing off him and I thought, "That VCU guy is playing the wrong sport."

I look him up and it turns out Witten feels the same way. He gave a pre-game pep to VCU last year. From USA Today article in 2015...




http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ment-vcu-basketabll-mo-alie-cox-nfl/24990861/


He's only a junior so it's just someone to keep in the back of your brain 'til next year. Some other teams have also sniffed around. He's around 6-5/6-6 so NBA probably isn't an option. VCU doesn't have a football program.

I'm from Virginia and watched a ton of VCU games before Smart left.

This guy has tight end written all over him. Gronk type - just a huge guy that can bulldoze DBs.

 

[RS12]

Johnny Come Lately to the sport usually works better in theory than practice.

 

[Cowboys1fan]

Did anybody know that Antonio Gates was originally a basketball player?

Lol well yea and jimmy graham was

 

[KingintheNorth]

Johnny Come Lately to the sport usually works better in theory than practice.

It's a minimal risk though.

Antonio Gates was an UDFA in 2003. Darren Fells was on the Arizona Cardinals practice squad.

No harm in signing Alie-Cox as an UDFA after the 2017 draft.

 

[BAT]

Lol well yea and jimmy graham was

Best BB player and TE was Gonzalez.

 

[Kaiser]

And if doesn't catch the ball well you can always take the Jermy Parnell approach and pack 60 pounds on his frame while teaching him OT technique.

 

[SportsGuru80]

I'm a VCU alum... I'd love to have him tryout! Cox is an absolute athlete no question.

 

[DC Cowboy]

Yup always been my thought...cowboys should be bringing in a few every year as free agents

I would definitely ask if he was interested

 

[Plankton]

Lol well yea and jimmy graham was

So were three players near and dear to Cowboy hearts: Cornell Green, Pete Gent and Preston Pearson.

 

[BAT]

So were three players near and dear to Cowboy hearts: Cornell Green, Pete Gent and Preston Pearson.

Nice one! And there is another TE option out there as well, Baylor's PF Rico Gathers. He is a voracious rebounder and shot blocker who can really go up and get the ball. His listed height of 6'8 may be a little generous though. But 6'6 is plenty big for a TE. And he is rocked up like a football player already, very physical basketball player. This is the kid I want to grab with one of the comp 6's. Jerry has no excuses, Gathers is practically in his backyard.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...rs-will-head-to-nfl-not-play-college-football

 

[reddyuta]

This guy is not eligible for the draft but teams can sign him right now.I wonder if the witten
connection will bring him Here.

 

[CATCH17]

I believe Julius Thomas was a BBall player, Jimmy Graham, Gates, Gonzales.. So it can definitely be done. Especially at that position.

I'm surprised nobody tries to turn some of these Point Guards into Corners.

 

[Alexander]

 

[ksg811]

Those are some damn impressive measurables. Not sure how he looked in position drills but that is a physical specimen.

 

[Tristan]

Did anybody know that Antonio Gates was originally a basketball player?

Gonzales, now thats a BIGBALLERBRAND BALLER